Synodic month length 29.79 days

Length of current 236 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute. It is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer than next lunation 237 length.

Lunation length longer than mean

Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 47 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.

Lunar orbit position on 4 March 2019 Monday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠175.6°

This lunation true anomaly is ∠175.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠200.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Moon in apogee

Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 11:25, this is 13 days after last perigee on 19 February 2019 at 09:06 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 19 March 2019 at 19:47 in ♍ Virgo.

Distance to Moon 406 391 km

This apogee Moon is 406 391 km(252 520 mi) away from Earth. It is 983 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 318 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.

Moon after descending node

2 days after its descending node on 2 March 2019 at 11:03 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 16 March 2019 at 16:22 in ♋ Cancer.

Draconic month

Moon after southern standstill

3 days after previous South standstill on 1 March 2019 at 06:23 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.642°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.761° in the next northern standstill on 15 March 2019 at 17:59 in ♋ Cancer.